Bill Text: IL HB4867 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the reckless discharge of a firearm.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4867 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB4867-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 24-1.5 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/24-1.5)
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7 | Sec. 24-1.5. Reckless discharge of a firearm.
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8 | (a) A person commits reckless discharge of a firearm by | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | discharging a
firearm in
a reckless manner which endangers the
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10 | the bodily safety
of an individual. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) If the conduct described in subsection (a) is committed | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | by a passenger
of a moving motor vehicle with the knowledge and | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | consent of the driver of the
motor vehicle the driver is | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | accountable for such conduct.
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15 | (c) Reckless discharge of a firearm is a Class 4 felony.
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16 | (d) This Section does not apply to a peace officer while in | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the performance
of his or her official duties.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 88-217.)
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